The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Timmy Tiptoes sat out, enjoying the breeze; he whisked his tail and giggled-“Little wife Goody, the nuts are ripe; we must lay up a store for winter and spring.” Goody Tiptoes was busy pushing moss under the thatch-“The nest is so comfortable we will...

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is soporific”. I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit. They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies! When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin...

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

This is a tale about a tail-a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and many many cousins: they lived in a wood at the edge of a lake. In the middle of the lake there is an island covered with trees...

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were- Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree. ‘Now my dears,’ said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning,...

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm called Little-town. She was a good little girl–only she was always losing her pocket handkerchiefs! One day little Lucie came into the farm-yard crying– oh, she did cry so!...